To me, when someone wrongs you, you both share the burden of that wrongdoing—the pain of it weighs on both of you. Forgiveness, then, means choosing to bear the full weight all by yourself.
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More Veronica Roth Quotes
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I traded cowardice for cruelty; I traded weakness for ferocity.
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It will be difficult to break the habits of thinking Abnegation instilled in me, like tugging a single thread from a complex work of embroidery. But I will find new habits, new thoughts, new rules. I will become something else.
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How have I never realized before that for all the strong, kind parts of him, there are also hurting, broken parts?
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In ‘Insurgent’ we realise how large the world really is
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A smile tugs at the corner of his mouth. Even closer, so we would be breathng the same air- if I could remember to breathe. ‘No, Tris,’ he says. A more serious look replaces his smile as he adds, ‘You look tough as nails.
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It’s strange how time can make a place shrink, make its strangeness ordinary.
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I feel the monster of grief again, writhing in the empty space where my heart and stomach used to be.
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What did you do, memorize a map of the city for fun?” says Christina. “Yes,” says Will, looking puzzled. “Didn’t you?
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Do I look like I’ve been crying?’ I say. ‘Hmm.’ He leans in close, narrowing his eyes like he’s inspecting my face.
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The fire, the fire. It rages within, a campfire and then an inferno, and my body is its fuel.
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Human reason can excuse any evil; that is why it’s so important that we don’t rely on it.
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I didn’t know that idiocy caused people to just start spontaneously bleeding from the nose.
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You believe you know them, that you understand them, but their motives are always hidden from you, buried in their own hearts. You will never know them, but sometimes you decide to trust them.
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I watch her blond head until it disappears around the bend, and I feel bare, like there’s nothing left to protect me against pain. Her absence stings worst of all.
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Because even a sliver of distance between us is infuriating.
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